Christchurch City

Student Population: Age

The Ministry uses school roll data in a number of ways: to fund and staff schools; to support policy analysis, development, and decision making; to monitor the outcomes of the New Zealand education system; and for national and international reporting purposes.

The roll data presented here is based on the 1 July roll returns.  The data includes gender, ethnic group, funding year level, and age.  A small amount of trend information is also available.

Identical information is available for other territorial authorities in this region by using the drop down menu above.  For territorial authorities in other regions first choose the appropriate region from the drop down menu above.

Alternatively a large amount of roll data is available from our statistical pages.  See July School Roll Returns.

Roll by age and ethnic group, as at 1 July 2025
Age Māori Pacific Asian MELAA Other European/
Pākehā		 International
students		 Total
Age 05 702 330 995 173 44 2,376 10 3,807
Age 06 810 376 1,186 184 64 2,721 9 4,407
Age 07 832 371 1,119 206 36 2,840 16 4,486
Age 08 795 339 1,190 229 49 2,790 23 4,543
Age 09 805 391 1,159 206 40 2,871 21 4,603
Age 10 803 360 1,145 187 41 2,902 31 4,608
Age 11 809 356 1,094 192 52 2,997 39 4,686
Age 12 827 375 1,191 180 53 3,168 40 4,963
Age 13 896 376 1,093 169 76 3,563 61 5,210
Age 14 921 404 1,012 164 64 3,716 69 5,292
Age 15 910 384 993 133 47 3,790 123 5,401
Age 16 720 327 989 157 44 3,473 217 5,100
Age 17 581 284 895 121 44 2,969 210 4,397
Age 18 131 82 279 39 13 676 88 1,150
Age 19+ 64 28 337 137 6 877 19 1,411
Total 10,606 4,783 14,677 2,477 673 41,729 976 64,064

Notes:

  1. Ethnicity is multiple response, that is, students who affiliated in more than one ethnic group have been counted in each ethnic group. Students are only counted once in the total, therefore, the ethnic groups may not sum to the total.
  2. MELAA (Middle Eastern, Latin American, and African) students.